eparchy

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἐπαρχία (eparkhía).

Noun

eparchy (plural eparchies)

  1. A district of the Roman Empire at the third echelon.
  2. An administrative sub-provincial unit in post-Ottoman independent Greece.
  3. In pre-schism Christian Church, a province under the supervision of the metropolitan.
  4. In Eastern Christendom, a diocese of a bishop.

Translations
sub-provincial unit of post-Ottoman independent Greece

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